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Monthly Archives: December, 2023

Collective bargaining

UFCW Local 555 ends strike at Kaiser

The union is still seeking to put pressure on the company by encouraging patients to drop Kaiser, saying their health care could be at risk.
Workers Rights

Nationwide Starbucks strike protests rampant unfair labor practices

The one-day strike, to protest a staggering number of unfair labor practices, included stores in Beaverton, Portland, and Vancouver.
Collective bargaining

Oregon home care workers get raise of $1.73 an hour Jan. 1

The current base wage is $17.77 an hour. The new two-year agreement also increases the number of hours caregivers are allowed to work.
Collective bargaining

OFNHP reaches agreements with PeaceHealth

More than 1,300 health care workers struck Oct. 23-27 at PeaceHealth Southwest in Vancouver and St. John Medical Center in Longview.
Union democracy

Officers unopposed at NW Oregon Labor Council

Delegates approved a slate of mostly incumbent officers at the organization’s Nov. 27 meeting. They serve four-year terms.
Culture

Ralph Fasanella painted the power of the union

Portland author Anne Broyles discovered the late labor artist and was inspired to write a new children’s book.
Union Organizing

A union at Portland’s Blue Star Donuts?

Doughnut Workers United has requested a union certification election at Blue Star Donuts, a chain with six Portland-area stores.
Union Organizing

Doctors vote to unionize at six Legacy hospitals

Support was overwhelming in the votes to join the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, a union for physicians that formed in 2015.
Comment

PPS teacher strike: a difficult ballet

The onus for this crisis, which will soon spread, lies squarely with legislators who determine a state budget every two years.
Workers Rights

Washington apprentices get help with child care

A Washington state subsidy program drops the monthly cost of child care to $0 to $215, depending on a family’s income. 
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